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91_HB0718
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 18-8.05.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 18-8.05 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
8 Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
9 financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the
10 common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
11 (A) General Provisions.
12 (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the
13 1998-1999 and subsequent school years. The system of general
14 State financial aid provided for in this Section is designed
15 to assure that, through a combination of State financial aid
16 and required local resources, the financial support provided
17 each pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
18 prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
19 imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
20 provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
21 general State financial aid that, when added to Available
22 Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The
23 amount of per pupil general State financial aid for school
24 districts, in general, varies in inverse relation to
25 Available Local Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon
26 each school district's Average Daily Attendance as that term
27 is defined in this Section.
28 (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
29 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
30 from low income households are eligible to receive
31 supplemental general State financial aid grants as provided
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1 pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
2 provided for school districts under subsection (H) shall be
3 appropriated for distribution to school districts as part of
4 the same line item in which the general State financial aid
5 of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
6 (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
7 school districts are required to file claims with the State
8 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
9 (a) Any school district which fails for any given
10 school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
11 maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
12 such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund.
13 In case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance
14 centers in a school district otherwise operating
15 recognized schools, the claim of the district shall be
16 reduced in the proportion which the Average Daily
17 Attendance in the attendance center or centers bear to
18 the Average Daily Attendance in the school district. A
19 "recognized school" means any public school which meets
20 the standards as established for recognition by the State
21 Board of Education. A school district or attendance
22 center not having recognition status at the end of a
23 school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
24 upon a legal claim which was filed while it was
25 recognized.
26 (b) School district claims filed under this Section
27 are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
28 otherwise provided in this Section.
29 (c) If a school district operates a full year
30 school under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to
31 the school district shall be determined by the State
32 Board of Education in accordance with this Section as
33 near as may be applicable.
34 (d) (Blank).
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1 (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
2 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided
3 for in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so
4 received for which that board is authorized to make
5 expenditures by law.
6 School districts are not required to exert a minimum
7 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
8 this Section.
9 (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
10 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
11 (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
12 attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
13 subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil
14 financial support levels.
15 (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
16 local financial support, calculated on the basis of
17 Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant
18 to subsection (D).
19 (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement
20 Taxes": Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
21 "An Act in relation to the abolition of ad valorem
22 personal property tax and the replacement of revenues
23 lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
24 parts of Acts in connection therewith", certified August
25 14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
26 (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per
27 pupil financial support as provided for in subsection
28 (B).
29 (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district
30 property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and
31 Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and
32 Vocational Education Building purposes.
33 (B) Foundation Level.
34 (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
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1 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
2 support that should be available to provide for the basic
3 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
4 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to
5 exert a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in
6 combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
7 provided the district, an aggregate of State and local
8 resources are available to meet the basic education needs of
9 pupils in the district.
10 (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level
11 of support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
12 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001
13 school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
14 (3) For the 2001-2002 school year and each school year
15 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425 or such
16 greater amount as may be established by law by the General
17 Assembly.
18 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
19 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid
20 pursuant to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance
21 figure shall be utilized. The Average Daily Attendance
22 figure for formula calculation purposes shall be the monthly
23 average of the actual number of pupils in attendance of each
24 school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
25 pupil attendance for each school district. In compiling the
26 figures for the number of pupils in attendance, school
27 districts and the State Board of Education shall, for
28 purposes of general State aid funding, conform attendance
29 figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
30 (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
31 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
32 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
33 general State aid is being calculated.
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1 (D) Available Local Resources.
2 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid
3 pursuant to subsection (E), a representation of Available
4 Local Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and
5 determined in this subsection, shall be utilized. Available
6 Local Resources per pupil shall include a calculated dollar
7 amount representing local school district revenues from local
8 property taxes and from Corporate Personal Property
9 Replacement Taxes, expressed on the basis of pupils in
10 Average Daily Attendance.
11 (2) In determining a school district's revenue from
12 local property taxes, the State Board of Education shall
13 utilize the equalized assessed valuation of all taxable
14 property of each school district as of September 30 of the
15 previous year. The equalized assessed valuation utilized
16 shall be obtained and determined as provided in subsection
17 (G).
18 (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
19 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
20 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized
21 assessed valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and
22 divided by the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
23 For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten through
24 8, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated
25 as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
26 for the district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the
27 district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
28 districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
29 revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
30 valuation of the district multiplied by 1.10% 1.20%, and
31 divided by the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
32 (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes
33 paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
34 before the calendar year in which a school year begins,
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1 divided by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that
2 district, shall be added to the local property tax revenues
3 per pupil as derived by the application of the immediately
4 preceding paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures
5 for each school district shall constitute Available Local
6 Resources as that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the
7 calculation of general State aid.
8 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
9 (1) For each school year, the amount of general State
10 aid allotted to a school district shall be computed by the
11 State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
12 (2) For any school district for which Available Local
13 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times
14 the Foundation Level, general State aid for that district
15 shall be calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation
16 Level minus Available Local Resources, multiplied by the
17 Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
18 (3) For any school district for which Available Local
19 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product
20 of 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product
21 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
22 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
23 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear
24 algorithm, the calculated general State aid per pupil shall
25 decline in direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the
26 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
27 Resources equal to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation
28 Level, to 0.05 times the Foundation Level for a school
29 district with Available Local Resources equal to the product
30 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level. The allocation of
31 general State aid for school districts subject to this
32 paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general State aid per
33 pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of
34 the school district.
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1 (4) For any school district for which Available Local
2 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75
3 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the
4 school district shall be calculated as the product of $218
5 multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of the school
6 district.
7 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
8 (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
9 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
10 by the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the
11 school year that began in the preceding calendar year. The
12 attendance information so transmitted shall identify the
13 average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
14 year, except that any days of attendance in August shall be
15 added to the month of September and any days of attendance in
16 June shall be added to the month of May.
17 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
18 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of
19 not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under
20 direct supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching
21 personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in
22 non-teaching duties and supervising in those instances
23 specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
24 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age and in
25 kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
26 Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
27 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
28 school.
29 (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock
30 hours of school shall be subject to the following provisions
31 in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
32 (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school
33 for only a part of the school day may be counted on the
34 basis of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of
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1 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment.
2 (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock
3 hours on the opening and closing of the school term, and
4 upon the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
5 day or days utilized as an institute or teachers'
6 workshop.
7 (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be
8 counted as a day of attendance upon certification by the
9 regional superintendent, and approved by the State
10 Superintendent of Education to the extent that the
11 district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
12 (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be
13 counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of
14 the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
15 day is utilized for an in-service training program for
16 teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of
17 which a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
18 parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
19 an in-service training program for teachers which has
20 been approved by the State Superintendent of Education;
21 or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
22 which event each such day may be counted as a day of
23 attendance; and (2) when days in addition to those
24 provided in item (1) are scheduled by a school pursuant
25 to its school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
26 or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
27 under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or
28 more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular
29 intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
30 such sessions occur are utilized for in-service training
31 programs or other staff development activities for
32 teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
33 school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
34 added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
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1 sessions to accumulate not less than the number of
2 minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
3 fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the
4 purposes of this paragraph shall not be considered for
5 computing average daily attendance. Days scheduled for
6 in-service training programs, staff development
7 activities, or parent-teacher conferences may be
8 scheduled separately for different grade levels and
9 different attendance centers of the district.
10 (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
11 teaching of hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or
12 by telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day
13 of attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or
14 more clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full
15 day of attendance.
16 (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be
17 counted as a day of attendance for first grade pupils,
18 and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2
19 or more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
20 pupils in kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of
21 attendance.
22 (g) For children with disabilities who are below
23 the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock
24 hours because of their disability or immaturity, a
25 session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
26 1/2 day of attendance; however for such children whose
27 educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
28 hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
29 (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for
30 only 1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
31 more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one 1 day.
32 However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
33 in any 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends
34 such a kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school
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1 day, the pupil shall have the following day as a day
2 absent from school, unless the school district obtains
3 permission in writing from the State Superintendent of
4 Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide for
5 a full day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
6 the same as attendance by first grade pupils. Only the
7 first year of attendance in one kindergarten shall be
8 counted, except in case of children who entered the
9 kindergarten in their fifth year whose educational
10 development requires a second year of kindergarten as
11 determined under the rules and regulations of the State
12 Board of Education.
13 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
14 (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
15 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State
16 Board of Education shall secure from the Department of
17 Revenue the value as equalized or assessed by the Department
18 of Revenue of all taxable property of every school district
19 together with the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes
20 for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
21 previous year.
22 This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
23 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
24 calculation of Available Local Resources.
25 (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1)
26 shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
27 (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
28 this Section, with respect to any part of a school
29 district within a redevelopment project area in respect
30 to which a municipality has adopted tax increment
31 allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment
32 Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
33 11-74.4-11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or the
34 Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
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1 11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
2 current equalized assessed valuation of real property
3 located in any such project area which is attributable to
4 an increase above the total initial equalized assessed
5 valuation of such property shall be used as part of the
6 equalized assessed valuation of the district, until such
7 time as all redevelopment project costs have been paid,
8 as provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
9 Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of
10 the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
11 equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
12 initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
13 equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall
14 be used until such time as all redevelopment project
15 costs have been paid.
16 (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation
17 for a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting
18 from the real property value as equalized or assessed by
19 the Department of Revenue for the district an amount
20 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
21 under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00%
22 for a district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12
23 , or by 2.30% for a district maintaining grades
24 kindergarten through 8, or by 1.10% 1.20% for a district
25 maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
26 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
27 under subsection (a) of Section 18-165 of the Property
28 Tax Code by the same percentage rates for district type
29 as specified in this subparagraph (b) (c).
30 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
31 (1) In addition to the general State aid a school
32 district is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying
33 school districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
34 with a district's payments of general State aid, for
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1 supplemental general State aid based upon the concentration
2 level of children from low-income households within the
3 school district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for
4 school districts under this subsection shall be appropriated
5 for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
6 item in which the general State financial aid of school
7 districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
8 this subsection, the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
9 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
10 recently available federal census divided by the Average
11 Daily Attendance of the school district, except that for
12 purposes of determining the supplemental general State aid
13 grant to be provided under this subsection for the 1999-2000
14 and the 2000-2001 school years to a qualifying school
15 district that has a population of less than 500,000
16 inhabitants, the "Low-Income Concentration Level" shall be
17 the low-income eligible pupil count from the most recently
18 available federal census divided (i) for the 1999-2000 school
19 year, by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district
20 for the 1997-1998 school year or by Average Daily Attendance
21 of the school district for the 1998-1999 school year,
22 whichever is lower, and (ii) for the 2000-2001 school year,
23 by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district for
24 the 1997-1998 school year or by the Average Daily Attendance
25 of the school district for the 1998-1999 school year or by
26 the Average Daily Attendance of the school district for the
27 1999-2000 school year, whichever is the lowest.
28 (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
29 subsection shall be provided as follows:
30 (a) For any school district with a Low Income
31 Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%,
32 the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
33 the low income eligible pupil count.
34 (b) For any school district with a Low Income
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1 Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%,
2 the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
3 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
4 (c) For any school district with a Low Income
5 Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%,
6 the grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
7 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
8 (d) For any school district with a Low Income
9 Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
10 1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
11 income eligible pupil count.
12 (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil
13 amount specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d),
14 immediately above shall be increased by $100 to $1,200,
15 $1,600, and $2,000, respectively.
16 (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
17 amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d)
18 immediately above shall be increased to $1,230, $1,640,
19 and $2,050, respectively.
20 (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
21 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
22 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
23 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
24 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting
25 from this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
26 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
27 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
28 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
29 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
30 (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
31 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State
32 aid pursuant to this subsection shall be required to
33 distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
34 less than $261,000,000 in accordance with the following
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1 requirements:
2 (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to
3 the attendance centers within the district in proportion
4 to the number of pupils enrolled at each attendance
5 center who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price
6 lunches or breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
7 Act of 1966 and under the National School Lunch Act
8 during the immediately preceding school year.
9 (b) The distribution of these portions of
10 supplemental and general State aid among attendance
11 centers according to these requirements shall not be
12 compensated for or contravened by adjustments of the
13 total of other funds appropriated to any attendance
14 centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
15 from one or several sources in order to fully implement
16 this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
17 (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
18 school district a distribution of noncategorical funds
19 and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
20 is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
21 and supplemental general State aid provided by
22 application of this subsection supplements rather than
23 supplants the noncategorical funds and other categorical
24 funds provided by the school district to the attendance
25 centers.
26 (d) Any funds made available under this subsection
27 that by reason of the provisions of this subsection are
28 not required to be allocated and provided to attendance
29 centers may be used and appropriated by the board of the
30 district for any lawful school purpose.
31 (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
32 to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
33 at the discretion of the principal and local school
34 council for programs to improve educational opportunities
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1 at qualifying schools through the following programs and
2 services: early childhood education, reduced class size
3 or improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
4 programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement,
5 and other educationally beneficial expenditures which
6 supplement the regular and basic programs as determined
7 by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall
8 not be expended for any political or lobbying purposes as
9 defined by board rule.
10 (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
11 subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to
12 meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
13 compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to
14 the State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each
15 year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
16 local school councils concerning the school expenditure
17 plans developed in accordance with part 4 of Section
18 34-2.3. The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
19 within 60 days after its submission. If the plan is
20 rejected, the district shall give written notice of
21 intent to modify the plan within 15 days of the
22 notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
23 within 30 days after the date of the written notice of
24 intent to modify. Districts may amend approved plans
25 pursuant to rules promulgated by the State Board of
26 Education.
27 Upon notification by the State Board of Education
28 that the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
29 15 or a modified plan within the time period specified
30 herein, the State aid funds affected by that plan or
31 modified plan shall be withheld by the State Board of
32 Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
33 If the district fails to distribute State aid to
34 attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan,
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1 the plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
2 addition to the funds otherwise required by this
3 subsection, to those attendance centers which were
4 underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
5 such underfunding.
6 For purposes of determining compliance with this
7 subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
8 center funding, each district subject to the provisions
9 of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
10 December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
11 the prior year in addition to any modification of its
12 current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
13 failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
14 subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
15 State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days
16 of receipt of the report, notify the district and any
17 affected local school council. The district shall within
18 45 days of receipt of that notification inform the State
19 Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
20 action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
21 plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
22 following year. Failure to provide the expenditure
23 report or the notification of remedial or corrective
24 action in a timely manner shall result in a withholding
25 of the affected funds.
26 The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
27 and regulations to implement the provisions of this
28 subsection. No funds shall be released under this
29 subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
30 a plan that has been approved by the State Board of
31 Education.
32 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
33 (1) For a new school district formed by combining
34 property included totally within 2 or more previously
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1 existing school districts, for its first year of existence
2 the general State aid and supplemental general State aid
3 calculated under this Section shall be computed for the new
4 district and for the previously existing districts for which
5 property is totally included within the new district. If the
6 computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
7 is greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
8 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the new
9 district.
10 (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
11 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for
12 the first year during which the change of boundaries
13 attributable to such annexation becomes effective for all
14 purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
15 State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
16 this Section shall be computed for the annexing district as
17 constituted after the annexation and for the annexing and
18 each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
19 and if the computation on the basis of the annexing and
20 annexed districts as constituted prior to the annexation is
21 greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
22 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the
23 annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
24 (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of
25 the territory of one or more entire other school districts,
26 and for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon
27 the division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of
28 one or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts
29 and which together include all of the parts into which such
30 other unit school district or districts are so divided, for
31 the first year during which the change of boundaries
32 attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
33 for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10,
34 as the case may be, the general State aid and supplemental
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1 general State aid calculated under this Section shall be
2 computed for each annexing or resulting district as
3 constituted after the annexation or division and for each
4 annexing and annexed district, or for each resulting and
5 divided district, as constituted prior to the annexation or
6 division; and if the aggregate of the general State aid and
7 supplemental general State aid as so computed for the
8 annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
9 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
10 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
11 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
12 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
13 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
14 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among
15 the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
16 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
17 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
18 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
19 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
20 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to
21 or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
22 to the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or
23 divided district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is
24 determined for the school year last ending prior to the date
25 when the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
26 or division becomes effective for all purposes. The amount
27 of the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be
28 allocated to the annexing or resulting districts shall be
29 computed by the State Board of Education on the basis of
30 pupil enrollment and other data which shall be certified to
31 the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
32 for that purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools
33 for each educational service region in which the annexing and
34 annexed districts, or resulting and divided districts are
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1 located.
2 (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this
3 subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly
4 provided under this Section.
5 (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
6 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
7 pursuant to this Section.
8 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
9 (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
10 Section, the amount of the aggregate general State aid in
11 combination with supplemental general State aid under this
12 Section for which each school district is eligible shall be
13 no less than the amount of the aggregate general State aid
14 entitlement that was received by the district under Section
15 18-8 (exclusive of amounts received under subsections 5(p)
16 and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the 1997-98 school year,
17 pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
18 effect. If a school district qualifies to receive a
19 supplementary payment made under this subsection (J), the
20 amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
21 supplemental general State aid under this Section which that
22 district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be
23 no less than the amount of the aggregate general State aid
24 entitlement that was received by the district under Section
25 18-8 (exclusive of amounts received under subsections 5(p)
26 and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the 1997-1998 school year,
27 pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
28 effect.
29 (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
30 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
31 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
32 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
33 school year that in any such school year is less than the
34 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
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1 the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
2 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation
3 made for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary
4 payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in the
5 aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
6 (3) (Blank).
7 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
8 In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing
9 board of a public university that operates a laboratory
10 school under this Section or to any alternative school that
11 is operated by a regional superintendent of schools, the
12 State Board of Education shall require by rule such reporting
13 requirements as it deems necessary.
14 As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a
15 public school which is created and operated by a public
16 university and approved by the State Board of Education. The
17 governing board of a public university which receives funds
18 from the State Board under this subsection (K) may not
19 increase the number of students enrolled in its laboratory
20 school from a single district, if that district is already
21 sending 50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement
22 between the school board of a student's district of residence
23 and the university which operates the laboratory school. A
24 laboratory school may not have more than 1,000 students,
25 excluding students with disabilities in a special education
26 program.
27 As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
28 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
29 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
30 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
31 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
32 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
33 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
34 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
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1 with a school district or a public community college district
2 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school
3 serving more than one educational service region may be
4 established by the regional superintendents of schools of
5 those the affected educational service regions. An
6 alternative school serving more than one educational service
7 region may be operated under such terms as the regional
8 superintendents of schools of those educational service
9 regions may agree.
10 Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on
11 forms provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an
12 annual State aid claim which states the Average Daily
13 Attendance of the school's students by month. The best 3
14 months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed for each
15 school. The general State aid entitlement shall be computed
16 by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
17 Foundation Level as determined under this Section.
18 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other
19 Requirements.
20 (1) For a school district operating under the financial
21 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
22 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under
23 this Section, but not the supplemental general State aid,
24 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the
25 operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
26 the State Board of Education, and an amount equal to such
27 reduction shall be paid to the Authority created for such
28 district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
29 Section 18-11. The remainder of general State school aid for
30 any such district shall be paid in accordance with Article
31 34A when that Article provides for a disposition other than
32 that provided by this Article.
33 (2) Impaction. Impaction payments shall be made as
34 provided for in Section 18-4.2.
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1 (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made
2 as provided in Section 18-4.3.
3 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
4 The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
5 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
6 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
7 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
8 The members appointed shall include representatives of
9 education, business, and the general public. One of the
10 members so appointed shall be designated by the Governor at
11 the time the appointment is made as the chairperson of the
12 Board. The initial members of the Board may be appointed any
13 time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
14 The regular term of each member of the Board shall be for 4
15 years from the third Monday of January of the year in which
16 the term of the member's appointment is to commence, except
17 that of the 5 initial members appointed to serve on the
18 Board, the member who is appointed as the chairperson shall
19 serve for a term that commences on the date of his or her
20 appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
21 and the remaining 4 members, by lots drawn at the first
22 meeting of the Board that is held after all 5 members are
23 appointed, shall determine 2 of their number to serve for
24 terms that commence on the date of their respective
25 appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
26 and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
27 date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
28 Monday of January, 2000. All members appointed to serve on
29 the Board shall serve until their respective successors are
30 appointed and confirmed. Vacancies shall be filled in the
31 same manner as original appointments. If a vacancy in
32 membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not in
33 session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
34 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
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1 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
2 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If
3 the Senate is not in session when the initial appointments
4 are made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
5 vacancies.
6 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
7 established, and the initial members appointed by the
8 Governor to serve as members of the Board shall take office,
9 on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
10 the fifth initial member of the Board, whether those initial
11 members are then serving pursuant to appointment and
12 confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments that are
13 made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
14 The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
15 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
16 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board
17 of its responsibilities.
18 For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
19 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
20 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
21 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for
22 the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
23 and for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
24 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
25 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
26 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
27 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
28 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance.
29 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
30 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
31 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
32 (N) General State Aid Adjustment Grant.
33 (1) Any school district subject to property tax
34 extension limitations as imposed under the provisions of the
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1 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law shall be entitled to
2 receive, subject to the qualifications and requirements of
3 this subsection, a general State aid adjustment grant.
4 Eligibility for this grant shall be determined on an annual
5 basis and claims for grant payments shall be paid subject to
6 appropriations made specific to this subsection. For
7 purposes of this subsection the following terms shall have
8 the following meanings:
9 "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
10 aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
11 "Current Year": The school year immediately preceding
12 the Budget Year.
13 "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
14 calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
15 "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
16 immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
17 "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
18 certified by a school district's County Clerk, in which the
19 numerator is the Base Tax Year's tax extension amount
20 resulting from the Limiting Rate and the denominator is the
21 Preceding Tax Year's tax extension amount resulting from the
22 Limiting Rate.
23 "Limiting Rate": The limiting rate as defined in the
24 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
25 "Preliminary Tax Rate": The tax rate for all purposes
26 except bond and interest that would have been used to extend
27 those taxes absent the provisions of the Property Tax
28 Extension Limitation Law.
29 (2) To qualify for a general State aid adjustment grant,
30 a school district must meet all of the following eligibility
31 criteria for each Budget Year for which a grant is claimed:
32 (a) (Blank).
33 (b) The Preliminary Tax Rate of the school district
34 for the Base Tax Year was reduced by the Clerk of the
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1 County as a result of the requirements of the Property
2 Tax Extension Limitation Law.
3 (c) The Available Local Resources per pupil of the
4 school district as calculated pursuant to subsection (D)
5 using the Base Tax Year are less than the product of 1.75
6 times the Foundation Level for the Budget Year.
7 (d) The school district has filed a proper and
8 timely claim for a general State aid adjustment grant as
9 required under this subsection.
10 (3) A claim for grant assistance under this subsection
11 shall be filed with the State Board of Education on or before
12 April 1 of the Current Year for a grant for the Budget Year.
13 The claim shall be made on forms prescribed by the State
14 Board of Education and must be accompanied by a written
15 statement from the Clerk of the County, certifying:
16 (a) That the school district had its Preliminary
17 Tax Rate for the Base Tax Year reduced as a result of the
18 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
19 (b) (Blank).
20 (c) The Extension Limitation Ratio as that term is
21 defined in this subsection.
22 (4) On or before August 1 of the Budget Year the State
23 Board of Education shall calculate, for all school districts
24 meeting the other requirements of this subsection, the amount
25 of the general State aid adjustment grant, if any, that the
26 school districts are eligible to receive in the Budget Year.
27 The amount of the general State aid adjustment grant shall be
28 calculated as follows:
29 (a) Determine the school district's general State
30 aid grant for the Budget Year as provided in accordance
31 with the provisions of subsection (E).
32 (b) Determine the school district's adjusted level
33 of general State aid by utilizing in the calculation of
34 Available Local Resources the equalized assessed
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1 valuation that was used to calculate the general State
2 aid for the preceding fiscal year multiplied by the
3 Extension Limitation Ratio.
4 (c) Subtract the sum derived in subparagraph (a)
5 from the sum derived in subparagraph (b). If the result
6 is a positive number, that amount shall be the general
7 State aid adjustment grant that the district is eligible
8 to receive.
9 (5) The State Board of Education shall in the Current
10 Year, based upon claims filed in the Current Year, recommend
11 to the General Assembly an appropriation amount for the
12 general State aid adjustment grants to be made in the Budget
13 Year.
14 (6) Claims for general State aid adjustment grants shall
15 be paid in a lump sum on or before January 1 of the Budget
16 Year only from appropriations made by the General Assembly
17 expressly for claims under this subsection. No such claims
18 may be paid from amounts appropriated for any other purpose
19 provided for under this Section. In the event that the
20 appropriation for claims under this subsection is
21 insufficient to meet all Budget Year claims for a general
22 State aid adjustment grant, the appropriation available shall
23 be proportionately prorated by the State Board of Education
24 amongst all districts filing for and entitled to payments.
25 (7) The State Board of Education shall promulgate the
26 required claim forms and rules necessary to implement the
27 provisions of this subsection.
28 (O) References.
29 (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions
30 of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
31 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
32 to the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
33 the extent that those references remain applicable.
34 (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds
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1 shall be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State
2 aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 7-1-98; incorporates 90-566;
4 90-653, eff. 7-29-98; 90-654, eff. 7-29-98; 90-655, eff.
5 7-30-98; 90-802, eff. 12-15-98; revised 12-24-98.)
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.